As we approach Apple's upcoming summer-blockbuster trial with Samsung, both parties were busy last week peppering the court with motions and statements. Apple is trying to keep the court focused on the big four patents it will be asserting; Samsung, however, is trying to keep the court focused on the way that other guy, Judge Posner, manhandled and cancelled Apple's big case against Motorola last month.

Will this case against Samsung actually get to go to trial? Will it be the big intellectual property victory Apple has been seeking for the past few years as it battled Android device manufactures around the globe? We don't have those answers yet, but join us for another week of Law & Apple as we review what we learned over the past few days.

Samsung has suffered mostly defeat in the courtroom lately in its patent battles against Apple, but a U.K. judge has given them one small victory on Monday -- even if it comes at the expense of being humiliated about how uncool their product is.

It's been a cruel, cruel summer for Samsung so far, and the situation is only worsening. Across the sea in China, new lawsuits are cropping out like rampantly growing weeds. Will the real Snow Leopard please stand up?

Join us for another week of Law & Apple as we review the details while tryng to keep cool.

The folks at Google certainly aren't having a very good 4th of July after Samsung lost its appeal over a preliminary injunction granted to Apple, which effectively shuts down sales of the flagship Galaxy Nexus handset until a software patch arrives to address the infringement.

While it's not quite the final word just yet, Apple scored a victory in its efforts to stomp out Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet on Tuesday night, with a U.S. judge granting the iPad maker's request for a preliminary injunction against the rival slate.

Tuesday was a rough day for Samsung in the U.S. court system, and even though Wednesday brought a victory against Apple in the Netherlands it appears to be a situation where the winner is going to end up the biggest loser. If you work for Samsung, you might just want to stop reading here. For the rest of you, join us for another week of Law & Apple.

It happens every summer. We get all excited with the hype for an upcoming blockbuster, and it turns out to be a dud. Last week, Judge Posner wearied of the pretrial drama between Apple and Motorola and effectively told everyone that the show is over, now go home.

Meanwhile, fearing delays to their upcoming trial, Apple wouldn't pull the trigger on requesting an injunction against Samsung, so Judge Koh will not stop the Galaxy S III from landing on U.S. store shelves. Join us, won't you, for another gripping week of Law & Apple.

Krikey, what a day for the tech world! On top of the jury siding with Google over the Oracle lawsuit, we’ve got Seagate buying up LaCie, HP slashing eight percent of its workforce over the next two years and Apple CEO Tim Cook failing to cut a deal with Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung over their long-standing patent dispute. Oh, and DigiTimes says they’ll work harder to make Apple rumors more accurate. Yes, seriously. Read on to check out all the news for Wednesday, May 23, 2012!